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Critical Reasoning Mixed Practice - III

Critical Reasoning Mixed Practice - III

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Current electricity distribution policy is systematic fleecing of customers. It increases price of power for customers who pay regularly and costs the tax payer billions every year.
Which of the following statements, if true, would provide support for the author’s claims above?
I. Power subsidies amount to roughly one percent of GDP a year in government payouts and higher price of power.
II. According to a study by the Power Ministry, each unit currency of benefits provided to the power producers for production costs customers and tax payers five units of currency.
III. On an average, each power producer has an average net worth of over one billion currency units.

  1. I only
  2. II only
  3. III only
  4. I and II only
  5. I, II, and III
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

From the time the city administration enforced stringent water contamination guidelines on the local industry; the number of aquatic species seen in the local water bodies has increased dramatically. Similar water contamination guidelines should be imposed in other parts of the country.
Each of the following is an assumption made in the argument above EXCEPT

  1. In most parts of the country, water contamination problems are caused almost entirely by the local industry.
  2. Enforcing water contamination guidelines on industry left a significant impact on the quality of water in the local water bodies.
  3. The water contamination problems of the other parts of the country are basically similar to those ones suffered by the city.
  4. An increase in the number of aquatic species seen in the local water bodies is desirable.
  5. The increased number of aquatic species seen in the local water bodies reflects an actual increase in the number of aquatic species in the area.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The decennial Indian Census is never flawless: hundreds of thousands of citizens probably go unrecorded. However, the basic demographic picture of the country captured by the census is quite correct. A lot many poor people go unrecorded, especially the homeless or the migrants; but some rich people are also left out as they are often travelling or visiting other countries.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument above depends?

  1. For personal and economic reasons, both the rich and the poor sometimes go unrecorded in the decennial Indian Census.
  2. All citizens of India may reasonably be classified as either poor or rich.
  3. The percentage of poor Indian citizens unrecorded by the decennial census is close to the percentage of rich Indian citizens unrecorded.
  4. The number of homeless or migrant Indian citizens is approximately equal to the number of rich Indian citizens.
  5. The primary objective of the decennial Indian Census is to capture the economic status of the citizens of India.
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the print media today, guidelines have been instituted that restrict the use of language that might sound offensive or derogatory to members of any group like women and racial, ethnic, and religious minorities. Although these guidelines have been instituted in the name of “freedom,” they impose restrictions on written expressions and the media in a way that opposes the true spirit of freedom.
The argument above attempts to prove its case primarily by

  1. attacking the credentials of an opponent
  2. presenting examples that support a theoretical concept
  3. taking advantage of incongruity in the definition of “freedom”
  4. expressing an inconsistency in an opposing point of view
  5. invoking the nationalistic feelings of its audience
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A young seeker, eager to attain realisation, journeyed to the home of the greatest master in the country. He asked the master, “How quickly can you teach me to be a master of the self?” The old master replied, “It might take fifty years.” Unsatisfied, the young seeker asked, “What if I am willing to meditate night and day, every day of the year?” The master replied, “In that case, even a life time might not suffice.” The master’s main point is that an important attribute of seeker of realisation is

  1. self-effacement
  2. obedience
  3. reflection
  4. patience
  5. self-restraint
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The satisfaction quotient of a meal is decided by an approximation of the ratio of its taste to its price, keeping the quantity constant. The higher the satisfaction quotient of a meal, the better will be the competitive position of restaurant providing it. Therefore, either increasing the taste or lowering the price of a meal will increase the possibility that patrons will select the restaurant serving the meal than a competing one.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion drawn above?

  1. It is possible to increase both the taste and the price of a meal without affecting its competitive position.
  2. For certain classes of patrons, higher-priced meals of some restaurants are preferable to the lower-priced ones.
  3. Competing restaurants often try to appeal to different classes of patrons.
  4. The competitive position of a restaurant can be affected by such factors as ambience and word of mouth.
  5. Patrons’ perception of the satisfaction quotient of a meal is based on the actual satisfaction derived from the meal.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Touch screens often go “dead”—become sluggish and less responsive—after a few months of intense use. The touch screen manufacturer reasoned that dirt and oil, rather than changes in the material properties of the screen, were responsible for the outcome.
Which of the following investigations is most likely to yield significant information that would help to evaluate the touch screen manufacturer’s reasoning?

  1. Determining if a special type of glass is used to make the screens of the touch screen devices
  2. Determining whether teenagers make their touch screens go dead faster than other users
  3. Determining whether identical screens, of the same thickness, go dead at different times when used with different brands
  4. Determining whether a dead screen and a new screen produce different responses to the same stimulus
  5. Determining whether smearing various substances on new touch screens causes them to go dead
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If P, then Q.
If Q, then R.
If R, then S.
If all of the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true?

  1. If S, then P.
  2. If not Q, then not R.
  3. If not S, then not P.
  4. If S, then T.
  5. If not P, then not S.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Over the years many architects have been appreciated as artists. But since buildings must be useable, architects must pursue their calling with a focus on the practical utility of the end product. For this reason, architecture cannot be classified as an art.
Which of the following is an assumption that supports drawing the conclusion above from the reason given for that conclusion?

  1. Some buildings are made to house works of art themselves, they must be artistic.
  2. Some architects are more concerned than others with the practical utility of the buildings they construct.
  3. Architects should be more concerned with the practical utility of the buildings they construct than they currently are.
  4. An article is not a piece of art if its creator pays attention to its practical utility.
  5. Architects who are artists are not concerned with the monetary value of their products.
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The decline in the value of rupee last year was caused by rumours of tapering of the fiscal stimulus by the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States. But those rumours would not have adversely affected the rupee if not for the government’s huge fiscal deficit, which must therefore be brought down to prevent future decline in the value of rupee.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion about how to prevent future declines in the value of rupee?

  1. The government has made no attempts to reduce the fiscal deficit.
  2. A huge fiscal deficit has not resulted in a slowdown in economic growth.
  3. The value of rupee declined several times last year prior to the most recent decline caused by the rumours of the tapering of fiscal stimulus.
  4. Before the fiscal deficit reached unmanageable proportions, rumours of various kinds frequently caused declines in the value of rupee.
  5. When the fiscal deficit reaches unmanageable proportions, other events in addition to rumours sometimes cause declines in the value of a currency.
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